Leeds art rock/post punk band Mush have released their new single "Northern Safari".
The song is taken from their forthcoming third studio album 'Down Tools', set to arrive on July 8 via Memphis Industries. Pre-order your copy here.
"Northern Safari" – which arrives packed with fidgety guitar riffs and signposts some of the band's most accessible slacker-punk sounds to date – arrives as a song about the way the North of England has been portrayed in the media and is used as a mirror to reflect some of the nastier elements of what’s going on in society. Speaking about the single, Hyndman of the band says: "It’s about the time we all went to the tropical world together to see the meerkats. Down Tools out soon, thanks for all your support so far!"
Leeds art rock/post punk band Mush have announced the release of their third studio album 'Down Tools'.
The follow-up to last year's critically-acclaimed album Lines Redacted, was recorded in Leeds at Greenmount Studios with long-term collaborators, Lee Smith and Jamie Lockhart (Yard Act, Easy Life, Cribs) and will be out July 8 via Memphis Industries. Pre-order your copy here.
While grief and work balance form themes on the record, Hyndman’s approach is largely made up of abstract, disconnected streams of consciousness and lines liberally taken from books, paintings, films and beyond. Hyndman says of the recording process: “going into Greenmount was like returning to a childhood home, it’s great re-connecting with Lee and Jamie. They let us do whatever we want within reason, we have fun and you kind of forget they are actually both amazing at what they do. So much of the guitar had to be improvised in the studio which was stressful but also intrinsic to creating the non-linear vibe of some of the stranger tracks”.
Along with the announcement of the new album, Mush has also shared a joyfully-unhinged new single, "Get On Yer Soapbox" that dials up the art-rock inflected guitar jams. Discussing the song, Hyndman says: "'Get On Yer Soapbox’ is a righteous wig-out number, like "Alternative Facts" but with more cowbell. All the solos are improvised and I very much doubt I will ever be able to recreate them live, you can hear the track going off the rails which is something I’ve found exciting on records. Lyrically again it’s a kind of re-purposing of an old idiom which I like to do. Generally being ‘on your soapbox’ is considered to be a bit of a slur but I think a bit of self-righteousness is warranted from time to time, especially with the shower of shite we're dealing with”.
Check out the album's tracklist and listen to "Get On Yer Soapbox" below.
Down ToolsTracklist:
1. Grief Thief 2. Karoshi Karaoke 3. Get On Yer Soapbox 4. Human Resources 5. Northern Safari 6. Dense Traffic 7. Inkblot and The Wedge 8. Group of Death 9. Groundswell 10. Interlude 11. Burn, Suffering! 12. Down Tools
Leeds art rock/post punk band Mush have shared their new single "Clarion Call".
The song is taken from the limited edition green 7” single that was released as part of Record Store Day 2021 alongside the single “Peak Bleak”. Get it here.
“Clarion Call" sees the band further exploring the outer reaches of art-rock and includes a contribution from late guitarist Steven Tyson, as lead-singer Daniel Hyndman explains: “It’s one that nearly snuck onto Lines Redacted and the last tune Ty had a hand in writing some of the guitars. Can’t remember what it’s about to be honest just like the phrase, nice little tune though.”
Leeds art rock/post punk band Mush have dropped their new single "Hazmat Suits".
The song is taken from their forthcoming sophomore album 'Lines Redacted', set to be released on February 12th 2021 via Memphis Industries. Pre-order your copy here.
“Hazmat Suits” arrives as a swathe of bug-eyed guitar lines cut with a pummeling rhythm section as primary songwriter, Dan Hyndman provides another tongue-firmly-in-cheek take on the dystopian landscape playing out around us.
"The concept for Hazmat Suits bizarrely predates the pandemic," explains Hyndman. "It then quickly became relevant and I retroactively rewrote some of the verses. I saw a group of guys in Hazmat Suits going into a building in Leeds town center around March, it was a really strong image that made me pick the tune-up again. It evoked a real modern dystopian vibe."
"Musically it's pretty riffy and it’s one of the few tunes on the new record Ty had a hand in writing prior to his passing. It’s got some cheesy danceable 90’s vibes too which is always fun and our zaniest guitar solo to date. Nearly a year away from its conception it possibly feels a bit on the nose to release a tune called Hazmat Suits but at the time it was kinda prescient. That’s our excuse anyway."
Leeds art rock/post punk band Mush have unleashed their new single "Seven Trumpets".
The song is taken from their forthcoming sophomore album 'Lines Redacted', set to be released on February 12th 2021 via Memphis Industries. Pre-order your copy here.
"Seven Trumpets" arrives as a buzz of prickly guitar lines knotted around a punctuating rhythm section. Whilst further mining the album's overarching theme of Armageddon, singer-songwriter, Dan Hyndman, provides a call for climate action with his urgent vocal foray, helping to achieve a sound that is in equal bouts celebratory and sarcastic, taking lyrical aim at complacency in the face of danger.
Speaking about the track, Hyndman says: "'Seven Trumpets" started as a climate change jaunt, but with the plethora of Armageddon scenarios currently on display, it became more about sleepwalking into disaster in a generalised sense. It has a Beefhearty breakdown in the middle."
Leeds art rock/post punk band Mush have announced the release of their sophomore album 'Lines Redacted'.
The follow-up to this year's debut 3D Routine, was mixed by Lee Smith (The Cribs, Pulled Apart By Horses), and will be out on February 12th 2021 via Memphis Industries. Pre-order your copy here.
According to the press, this new record uses tongue-in-cheek cynicism as a coping mechanism for the environment that we now find ourselves in.
From one song to the next, Lines Redacted introduces a string of different narrators with each providing a different reflection on the Armageddon scenario that we are slowly entering, whether that’s bemoaning it or gleefully willing it along. 3D Routine presented a bed of scathing political jibes latching onto themes and decisions of the time. Lines Redacted mutates these ideas into something slightly more sinister whilst maintaining all of Hyndman’s razor-sharp wit that permeates the album. The humour is a lot more biting and cynical, influenced by the horrors and pessimism of the year that preceded it.
Whereas the band’s debut was very much a product of its time, something part-inspired by the political atmosphere of mid-2019 and a genuine moment of optimism when the prospect of a socialist government in the UK was on the cards, this new record uses tongue-in-cheek cynicism as a coping mechanism for the environment that we now find ourselves in. Across twelve tracks, Lines Redacted introduces a string of different narrators with each providing a different reflection on the Armageddon scenario that we are slowly entering, whether that’s bemoaning it or gleefully willing it along.
The band have also shared their new single "Blunt Instruments," described as "post-mortem rock for the accelerationist listener".
Check out the album's tracklist and listen to "Blunt Instruments" below.
Leeds lo-fi/guitar pop/post punk newcomers Mush have announced the release of their debut album '3D Routine'.
The record will be out on February 14th via Memphis Industries. Pre-order your copy here.
Following on from their ‘Induction Party E.P’, Leeds based Mush are circulating their own sonic mythology, blurring the lines between abstract surrealism, existentialism and social commentary. Like its predecessor ‘3D Routine’ is a sensory overload of clattering, hooky, guitar work. However, this time space emerges between the onslaughts and in this respite, room is found for new emotional depth. More expansive than ever before, ‘3D Routine’ manages to maintain the rawness of a classic debut but it’s experimentation and variety portray a band unlikely to rest on their ‘guitarband’ chops.
First single, ‘Eat the Etiquette,’ described by vocalist Dan Hyndman as a “a bit of a stream of consciousness type rant”, takes aim at the use of ‘common sense’ as societal weapon; the “sick laughing track of malicious intent” making a mockery of progressive ideas, while “manufactured sense” helps maintain the underlying and iniquitous structures of wealth and power. It’s out now in all the usual places.
“Fundamentally we identify as music fans as much as artists,” says Hyndman. “I write music that I want to hear for my own enjoyment. I’ve always admired people who can create visceral and inspiring art without carrying on as some transcendent being. Having your influences on your sleeve and being open is just an extension of that.”
Check out the album's tracklist and listen to "Eat the Etiquette" below.
3D Routine tracklisting:
01. Revising My Fee
02. Eat the Etiquette
03. Existential Dread
04. Coronation Chicken
05. Island Mentality
06. Fruits of the Happening
07. Hey Gammonhead!
08. 3D Routine
09. Gig Economy
10. Poverty Pornography
11. No Signal in the Paddock
12. Alternative Facts
Leeds lo-fi/guitar pop/post punk band Mush have revealed the video for their newest single "Operation Vaken".
The song is part pf our current playlist and is taken from the band's debut EP 'Induction Party', set to arrive on May 31 via Memphis Industries. Pre-order here.
“The song itself is about a fairly under-publicised government programme from a little while back that was essentially sending vans round London with billboards telling immigrants to go home," the band explains, "the video has absolutely nowt to do with this as that video would have been very expensive and unfunny to produce.”
Leeds lo-fi/guitar pop/post punk newcomers Mush have aired their new single "Litvinenko".
Taken from the band's debut EP 'Induction Party', set to arrive on May 3 via Memphis Industries. Pre-order here.
“Fundamentally we identify as music fans as much as artists,” says vocalist Dan Hyndman. “I write music that I want to hear for my own enjoyment. I’ve always admired people who can create visceral and inspiring art without carrying on as some transcendent being. Having your influences on your sleeve and being open is just an extension of that.”
